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Propose Parent Roles

This option displays roles that can possibly be parents of a highlighted role. CA GovernanceMinder finds possible parent roles by examining other existing roles in the configuration to determine whether the resources of the highlighted role are already included as resources in other roles. If so, they are designated as possible parent roles.

Highlight the role for which parent roles are to be identified. The option will highlight the possible parent roles of the indicated role.

Original highlighted role is highlighted.

Possible parent- roles of the original role are highlighted as follows:

The Role Engineer would then individually examine each proposed parent role. If a parent-sub-role (child) relationship exists, then the sub role would be dragged to the parent role, which would then show the original role as one of its sub-roles.